Soap and glass holder.



P. J. McKIN LEY. SOAP AND GLASS HOLDER.

APPLICATION HLED APR. 14, 1913.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915 and different styles of cocks and faucets ar-.

PATRICK OSEPH MQKINLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SOAP AND GLASS HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 19155.

Application filed April 14, 1913. Serial No. 760,850.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, PATRICK J. MCKIN- LEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soap and Glass Holders, of which the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to improvements in a soap dish or tumbler holder, and especially to the type of holder that is designed for use in connection with sinks, bath tubs, laundry tubs and the like, and is adapted to be supported by a faucet to which it is attached.

The object of this invention is to provide a receptacle of the class described, which will successfully provide both simple and suitable means for the retaining or supportingof atumbler, or a cake of soap, as the case may be, and which, due to its simplicity in design, can be easily and cheaply 'con structed;

Another-object is to provide a holder so constructed that it will fit variously located ranged inv connection with any kind of a sink, bowl, or bath tub, and-which will sup port the holder in such manner that it can be instantly removed, easily cleansed, and quickly replaced, and when in place, will be near the water supply'and bowls, and so arranged that the water from'the soap, spong" or other article, will drip into the sink or bowl below it.

Tattain the above mentioned objects by the device illustrated in a preferred form in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a side elevation of my holder, showing'it in attached relation to a faucet; Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1, the faucet having been omitted. for the purpose of more clearly disclosing the construction of the attaching means, andFig. 3 is a fragmentary detail showing a modified form of attaching means.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts through the several views.

The reference character 3 designates a spiral coil of wire depressed to give it a trunco-conical shape, which forms the tray or receptacle proper of the device. At 3 the outer coil of wire is bent outward at substantially right-angles to form one portion of a neck. At 3? the wire is bent on a curve to conform to the shape of the neck 6 of the faucet 6, and is bent upon itself to form an eye or loop 3, thence extends parallel with and directly under the portion 3 as at 3, thus doubling said neck. At 3 the wire is bent outwardly forming a short arm 3*, and a suitable eye 3 which embraces the adjacent coil of the spiral 3. A wire 4:, somewhat smaller in diameter than the wire 3, is coiled around the above neck to give the latter increased rigidity, and is then bent to form the curve 4*. which conforms to the neck 6 of the faucet 6 on the opposite side of the portion 3 of the wire 3.. The wire 4 is then bent to form the coil 4 at a point opposite the eye 3.

A, thumb screw 5 passes through the eye 3, and engages the coil 48, the threads 5 on said thumb screw 5 engaging convolutions formed by the coil 4", the latter serving as female threads for receiving said male threads 5.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modified form of attaching means in which the wire 3 of Fig. l is designated by the reference character 7. The wire 7 is bent the same as at 3, and forms one side of the neck 7, and curve 7, which conforms to the neck 6 of the faucet 6, the same as the wire 3". Said wire 7 is then bent to form the eye 7 A wire 8, similar to the wire 7, is bent forming one side of the neck as 8 parallel to the neck 7, is bent again to form a curve 8 opposite the curve 7, and is again bent to form the coil 8", at a point opposite the eye/7 A piece of slit tubing 9 is slipped over the two parallel necks 7 and 8, and is closed to hold them rigid and in contact with each other. The thumb screw shown in Fig. 2, passes through the eye 7 and engages the coil 8", as heretofore described.

It will be apparent that all that is necessary in attaching the holder to a faucet, will be removing the thumb screw, slipping the two extensions 4 and 3*, or 7 and 8, one on each side of the faucet, replacing said thumb screw and tightening same.

In the accompanying drawing T have illustrated the preferred construction in full lines. I have also indicated a tray or tumbler holder by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The tumbler holder is formed by shaping the spiral coil to give a more cylindrical form than that of the soap dish, and a trifle deeper.

It will be obvious that the coil 3 may be given any desired shape or contour.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by'Letters Patent, is 1. A receptacle having a body portion 5 formed by a coiled wire, and a collar formed by said wire bent upon itself to provide a neck and an eye and a second w1re coiled about said neck and bent to form a collar and coil complementary to said first named 10 collar and eye, and a screw engaging said first named eye and said last named coil.

2. A- receptacle havin a bod portion formed by a coiled wirefimnt to orm a receptacle, and a collar formed by said wire bent upon itself to provide an eye and a 15 double neck, and a second wire coiled about said neck and bent to form a collar and coil opposite said first named collar and eye, and

a thumb-screw engaging said eye and said last mentioned coi r In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PATRICK JOSEPH McKINLEY. Witnesses:

L. M. Swnnr, M. E. Row. 

